1. A Different Mirror
... in 1611. In the Tempest, Prosero was sent along with his daughter to Caliban's island. To the English, when the play was first introduced it represented the conquering of the new world as well as the expansion of England to America, with Caliban was the "born devil." Who was Caliban in the English's eyes? Coming back to the Giddy Multitude, they ... all of the peoples who were not "the lovely whites." Soon after Prospero arrived onto the island, his daughter married the king, Caliban, and Prospero sent Caliban to become his new slave. The Tempest reflects the Americas story in the sense...
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